How can we bring new people into the Wikimedia Movement? Every contributor starts as a reader before they click "edit," write code, or otherwise participate. More readers around the world will also mean more contributors, especially among people, languages, and cultures that are underrepresented in the wikis now.

But the experiences of people coming online today are vastly different than they were 16 years ago. People's first internet connections now are mostly on mobile phones instead of desktops. They're inundated with ads and experiences from brands looking to monetize them, and they often join the internet through social media to stay connected to friends and family. How can we support new readers in learning

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Angie Rodebaugh 11 August 2017 attended I attended this meeting yesterday. I mentioned that I believe it would be great if we can create a .net page that would be similar to the "Google" or "Yahoo" search page. It would be a blank page with the exception of the word "Wikipedia" in the middle of the page and underneath this there would be a search box. This would be helpful for people that utilize the Wiki often. Once they enter their search word or words, the search results would appear at the top as normal however Wiki search results would be listed at the top of the list and other search results would appear below these. I believe adding this "search" page would make the Wiki more interesting for students that are accustomed to this type of search experience. Thank you Angie